Pin-up Queens Slot Machine
Having the words ‘pin up’ in a gaming title can draw a lot of attention - it’s the idea of seeing beautiful women draped upon those reels that has us scrambling to play. Don’t set yourselves up for disappointment, Pin Up Queens from The Art of Games doesn’t have anything to do with woman of any kind (unless you’re the one playing).
Instead, the title has a very traditional and unthemed approach, with a 3D slot machine placed in the centre of your screen for you to play upon; there are no frills here. It’s plain and straight to the point. If you’ve stuck around and want to hear more, we’ll be going over the 3 reels and its 5 winlines shortly.
Players won’t be able to get a game more realistic than this, not unless they travel to Vegas and sit at one of their infamous slots. Until you’re able to afford the cost of doing that, this is the next best thing. Welcome to a world of simpler and cleaner gaming.
The Controls
When you first glance at the machine, there seems to be a lot going on upon the control panel, which can pose a daunting situation for novice users; complicated gaming is something we neither want nor need. Fortunately for you, the controls aren’t as difficult as they look.
The plus and minus buttons on the left hand side of the panel are what alter the value of your bet, with a range from 0.01 to 1 credit (a staple sum for the brand). Next to there is where you’ll find the winlines widget, by selecting this you’ll be able to alter the number of lines you play with. You can take it down to one and have a challenging but more old school experience, or combine the past with the present by opting to have all five.
Bet One actually refers to the number of coins you’ll be using upon each of those lines; you can choose to have up to three. This may sound limiting, but it’s a great way of keeping the game accessible to a lot of players, without making the betting configuration too low. Should you know you want to go big, you can casually tap the Max Bet toggle and be done with the fiddling.
In regards to the Autoplay option here, it’s one that continuously spins instead of offering you different round amounts; when the feature is in use the gold ticket will sit beside the Spin button.
Paytable
If you want to take a look at the ‘queens’ of the game, they consist of nine different symbols, though some of the wins you can make are a mixture of several icons. The imagery here is postmodern, meaning it has a very clear aesthetic that has been designed in the now but pays homage to the past. As a result, you’ll see card suits and red lips rather than heavily themed icons.
The smallest amount that can be won upon your winlines is 2 credits, an amount that comes from getting all three of the lower value tiles all at the same time. It’s true that the payout is less than ideal, but the cash prizes do build to a climax that every user will enjoy: €3,500. That figure is quite considerable for such an unassuming title.
If the highest amount of money is all you’re interested in, you’ll have a fight on your hands lining up a group of three blue hearts, mainly because the symbol alone is volatile enough, without having to discover several of them. As you’d expect with such a game, the higher up the paytable you go, the more difficult it becomes to match the icons. A factor that becomes more frustrating due to a lack of features, which means you can stand to lose just as much as you gain from Pin Up Queens.
Take it or Leave it
This particular title from The Art of Games is one that we can take or leave. It simply has no presence and thus doesn’t grip us when we play. Having said that, maybe we’re not the right type of users for it, for it’s clearly been designed with minimalist old school gamers in mind.
Pin Up Queens is a lower middling activity, but it has a decent base prize that makes it worthy of your time.
